Millers unlikely to grind out result

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You have to go back more than 30 years and eight attempts since Rotherham beat neighbours Sheffield Wednesday on home soil and that sequence is likely to be extended when the clubs meet in a Carling Cup first-round clash at Millmoor on Thursday night.

Sky Sports will be at the Yorkshire derby and, having already captured one cup surprise this week with Peterborough’s defeat of Southampton, will no doubt be secretly hoping that lightning can strike twice.

There are similarities, too, because Wednesday, like Southampton before them, were thumped 4-1 in their opening league fixture last Saturday.